A Nonsense Poem Memories of You

I had a thought - I thought that I knew nothing

this thought I think was all I thought I knew

I think I had this thought but now I'm not so sure

so I sat and I sat and I sort of thought it through 

I think that I have nothing in my head

nothing in my head I think you'll find

there is a lot of nothing but I think that doesn't count 

as nothing can't be something bare in mind!

So I've got a lot of nothing and I've  nowhere I can take it

nowhere and I've been there twice today!

but nowhere can't be somewhere unless you use a map

and I think that might be tough I'd have to say!

Once I got to nowhere I had something on my mind

nothing and with no-one that's for sure!

no-one said I'd been there which I thought was rather odd

'cos' I knew I hadn't been there twice before!

So I thought I'd look inside my head to see what I could see

there must be something in there that I knew

then discovered there were many things at first I knew not what

so many things I didn't have a clue!

I think my head is really full of thoughts that I once had

I think it's full of 'cabbages and kings'

I think that I should poke around and see what thoughts I find

and I'm sure that I will find a lot of things

I had a thought - I thought that I knew nothing

this thought I think was all I thought I knew

but it seems that I was wrong

for it seems that all along

my head was full of memories of you!

Protest

Do I protest?

Do I jump out in front of a charging horse because I don't believe in it having to race

and kill myself

and the horse

and possibly the rider

...or do I let it race?

and compromise my beliefs?

Do I quit eating meat 

and protest outside butchers

or rampage up and down meat aisles in supermarkets shouting "meat is murder!"

or do give others space

leave the butcher to run his business 

leave shoppers to make their choices

but quietly give up eating meat anyway

and compromise my beliefs.

Or if we could find ways of looking after these beautiful creatures without... 

without racing them,

loosing our shirts on them,

monitize them all the time, 

butchering and eating them,

working them to death,

exploiting them,

making them suffer,

making them serve us

...and maybe not be cruel to them,

and maybe release them,

to let them be,

let them be the beautiful creatures they are

we can do that - can't we?

(Haiku)

Meanings sought to clear 

lifes prying minds. Step back! Rest!

Remember to live!

And If

If I hadn't met her that night at the pub

and if we hadn't hit it off

and if we hadn't seen each other a lot

and if we hadn't moved to Brighton together

and if we hadn't got a flat 

and if we hadn't settled down

and if we hadn't got married 

and if we hadn't had a child

and if we didn't hit a rocky patch

and if it hadn't all become too much for us

and if we hadn't decided to move back to Devon

and if we hadn't decided to live at her parents place 

and if all that hadn't eventually split us up

and if I hadn't moved back to Exeter into the flat at Dads place

and if I hadn't found myself on a course with a job attached and some training

and if that job wasn't in Axminster

meaning I had to catch a train most mornings 

and if the station I caught it hadn't been Central Station, Exeter

and if the train hadn't been the 8am one

and if I hadn't chosen to sit on that particular bench

and if someone else had to catch that particular train

and if I hadn't got on with this certain someone 

and if I hadn't got to like her

and if I hadn't looked forward to seeing her most mornings 

and if I hadn't seen that same person one day in my local shop

and if that person hadn't lived four doors down from me

and if we hadn't got on so well

and if we hadn't moved in together

and if we hadn't have ridden the lumps and bumps of life

and if we hadn't decided to get married

and if we hadn't decided to buy a house

and if we hadn't decided to have a child

and if we hadn't decided move out to a village in East Devon

and if we hadn't had the twins

and if we hadn't worked so hard to keep it going to put food on the table

and if we hadn't had the support of each other and the love and the bond we found...

and if just one of these things hadn't happened 

we wouldn't have been together for over 33 years

and I wouldn't be the person you see today!

(Haiku)

Made by the tonne, used 

for five minutes, then dumped in 

landfill - forever

(Haiku)

Like a tidal wave 

they crash to the shore for their

few days off - tourists